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All Hallowed Evening

Bonus Cat Blogging

Jack o' lanternWhether you celebrate Celtic New Year’s Eve [Samhain], the evening before All Saints Day [Halloween], or the anniversary of the posting of Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 [Reformation Day], have a happy one.

Wikipedia does its normally thorough job of covering all of the bases on the holidays that share October 31st.

These are my remembrances of a traditional American Halloween.

The ‘Autumn Festival’ across the street was held last night with a half dozen Sheriff vehicles to control the parking. Kind of back to normal after the Covid problems of the last few years.

October 31, 2022   2 Comments

Tropical Storm Lisa – Day 2

Tropical Storm LisaPosition: 15.6N 79.1W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [270°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 mph [165 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1002 mb.

Currently about 615 miles [ 990 km] East of Belize City.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Bay Islands; Honduras from the border with Nicaragua to Punta Castilla.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the Bay Islands; Belize coast from north of Puerto Barrios to south of Chetumal.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Entire north coast of Honduras; Guatemala from border with Honduras to Puerto Barrios; Mexico from Chetumal to Punta Herrero.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

October 31, 2022   Comments Off on Tropical Storm Lisa – Day 2